About Dementia

Warning Signs

The symptoms of dementia vary, depending on the type of disease causing it.

If someone is exhibiting these symptoms, the person should check out his or her concerns with a healthcare professional. Awareness of these warning signs is not a substitute for a structured screening or consultation with a primary care provider.

Trouble with new memories

Relying on memory helpers

Trouble finding words

Struggling to complete familiar actions

Confusion about time, place or people

Misplacing familiar objects

Onset of new depression or irritability

Making bad decisions

Personality changes

Loss of interest in important responsibilities

Seeing or hearing things

Expressing false beliefs

For more information, connect with the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s licensed social workers. Click here or call 866.232.8484. Real People. Real Care.